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THE EAGLE'S NEST
Written by S.E. Cartwright. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 3 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly rubbed/grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked. Top edge of textblock is dusty.

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TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A ROMAN BOY
Written by Rev. A.J. Church.
Stock no. 1324323
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

New Edition. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Tiny splash mark to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock.

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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES IN MEXICO
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324108
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Blue boards, red title to spine. 6 colour plates. 184 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, slightly browned to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1323940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Spine and corners bumped. Some dents to cover edges. A couple of light marks to textblock else contents clean.

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YUSSUF THE GUIDE OR, THE MOUNTAIN BANDITS
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1323811
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

"Being a story of strange adventure in Asia Minor". Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 352 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323551
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 431 pages. ISBN: 0224606336. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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THE LUCK OF SALLOWBY
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Tilden Reeves.
Stock no. 1323372
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps to endpapers. 221 pages. ISBN: 0856861790. Frontis has been removed. Corner crease (with a few light foxspots to one page) else contents clean. White dustwrapper is unusually bright and clean.

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LOST LAGOON
Written by Armstrong Sperry. Illustrated by ARMSTRONG SPERRY.
Stock no. 1323358
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st UK 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pacific Adventure. Green cloth, blue title to spine. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Small, neat inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1323205
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Neat colouring to the map on the front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and chipped with very slight loss. Blurb to front flap has I assume a correction pasted to the middle of the blurb (see photo).

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SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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JACQUELINE RIDES FOR A FALL
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by J.E. McConnell.
Stock no. 1323171
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The first story featuring the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title and small vignette to spine. 5 b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Slight bumping to spine with some fading at top of spine. Endpapers are browned, textblock is foxed. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper, green felt-tip price (50p) to same page. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge worn with some tears, a little grubby and has a pink mark to front panel.

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